Scrap-book and advertising medium



(No Model.)

A. H. TIFPT. SCRAP BOOK AND ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

No. 438,744. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALANSON H. TIFFT, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

SCRAP-BOOK AND ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,744, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed September 5, 1889- Serial No. 323,056. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALANSON H. TIFFT, of the city of Brooklyn, county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin a Book or Pamphlet Designed for Use both as an Advertising Medium andas a Scrap-Book, which invention is fully set forth in the followingspecification.

My invention relates to a book or pamphlet so arranged that it canfulfill the double function of an advertising medium and of a scrapbook.

It consists of a number of blank leaves or pages, which are hereinafterspoken of as the scrap leaves or pages, and upon which it is intended topaste clippings from newspapers and other scraps. Between each of thescrap-leaves there are placed one or more and preferably at least twoother leaves, upon the pages of which advertisements are designed to beprinted. These are hereinafter called the advertising leaves or pages.These advertising-leaves should be uniformly perforated at someconvenient point near the binding-edge, the perforations running fromend to end in a line substantially parallel to the binding-edge of theadvertising-sheet, the de sign being that the advertising-sheet can bereadily torn out. The entire text of the advertising-page should,preferably, be outside of the line of perforations. Upon the scrappagesthere should, preferably, be drawn lines coincident when the book isclosed with the lines of perforations on the advertising-pages.

The accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification, showsin perspective a scrap-book constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

The page A is the scrap-page, designed to receive newspaper-clippingsand other like matter, and the opposite page B is an advertising-page.The latter has a line b of perforations close to the binding-edge andparallel therewith, so that said page can be readily detached when thescrap-page is filled. Page A, has preferably a ruled line a,corresponding in position with the line b on page B, to mark 01f thepart of the page to which the scrap should be applied.

Clippings from newspapers may be pasted on one or both'sides of eachscrap-leaf. Care should be taken not to paste the clippings inside thelines referred to. The advertis ing-pages serve to protect the adjoiningscrappages from being soiled by fresh paste.

When a scrap-page has been filled with clippings, the adjacentadvertising page or pages can be torn out, leaving their stubs only.This may be continued as fast as the scrap-pages are filled, and thebookwill maintain its perfect shape,is prevented from bulging, retains itsstrength, and is comparatively free from strain.

In the end the advertisements, which might be objectionable as apermanent feature in a scrap-book, can be entirely eliminated, and theappearance of the book is much more sightly than that of an ordinaryscrap-book.

Advertising-pages can occasionally be allowed to remain, if this isnecessary, in order to maintain the perfect shapeof the book. The samecharacter of result can be also produced where the advertising-leavesare not inserted between each and every scrap-leaf, but are insertedwith sufficient frequency to produce the desired result in the whole ora part of the book.

The number of the advertisingleaves to be inserted between eachscrap-leaf will depend somewhat upon the character of the clippings andupon the paste used.

For the purposes of this invention a block or pad would be theequivalent of a book. There are also obvious equivalents of the lines ofperforations referred to, such as scoring the sheet in printing by meansof a rule set in the case.

The clippings should be carefully trimmed and pasted on the scrap-page.The advertising-leaf should be turned over it and then pressed withawarm iron in order to produce the best result. When the page is filledand perfectly dried, the advertising page or pages should be torn out.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A book or pamphlet constituting a combined scrap-book and advertisingmedium and consisting of a series of sheets or leaves bound permanentlyin the book for receiving clippings or other matter and other sheets orleaves scored or perforated on a line close to the binding-edge andhaving advertisements In testimony whereof I have signed this printed onthe portion outside the said line, specification in the presence of twosubscribsaid advertising-sheets serving to protect the ing Witnesses.

adjoining pages from being soiled, and by the ALANSON II. TIFFT. 5removal of the part outside the weakened line \Vitnesses:

as the scrap-leaves are filled to preserve the \V. 11. L. LEE,

shape of the book, substantially as described. FREDERICK GELLER.

